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From: JAHAYES@MIAMIU.BITNET
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Subject: Re: Info on meta-energy needed (Ki, Ch'i, Manna, etc.)
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Date: 29 Jun 90 19:49:55 GMT
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Sorry to play the skeptic here, but wrt Reich and similar
approaches -- indeed, to the whole topic of "meta-energies",
I suggest tempering your readings with some more skeptical
approaches.  Martin Gardner is certainly a skeptical dude;
some might put it more strongly than that....and his writing
is always provocative.  He has a recent collection of essays
about some of the things perhaps lumpable under "new age"
aegis.  I also recommend his rather old but still relevant
"Fads and Fallacies in the Name of Science" which includes
a section debunking (sorry, I think that's a correct description)
"orgone fields".  It might be helpful to us netters if you could
post a short bibliography in a few weeks or so, when you track
down what seem to you to be good references.  Good luck.
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